淹
=
奄
+
氵
:
Maud Younger (y) prepares an omelet (奄) in front of the anthill (an1). As a final step she wants to deglaze the omelet, but the water bottle (氵) slips out of her hand and she drowns (淹) the omelet in water.
灌
=
氵
+
雚
:
Gitta Giraffe (gu) finds that the anthill's bathroom (an4) is infected with herons (雚), so she uses water bottles (氵) to pour (灌) water over them to make them fly away.